After Dinner Speakers
Future of Leadership Keynote Speaker & Author of Punks in Suits
The business environment has never been more challenging, and senior leaders are the ones bearing the pressure and responsibility. Trust in authority figures is low. But what if every employee and contributor in an organisation could become a leader?
Disrupting the Victorian model of work (the hierarchy, the silos, the risk aversion and being busy over being productive) may be the shot in the arm a team needs to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century. Blaire shows organisations how to empower individuals to go beyond being team players and build a culture of Personal Leadership: motivated, engaged and collaborative, even in times of change.
Key takeaways:
- Why it is no longer enough to have leadership at the top
- How every contributor to an organisation can be their own best leader
- How to create a collaborative approach to disruption and challenges
- The link between empowered employees and loyal employees
- How individuals can understand their own personal contribution within an infrastructure
- How to do away with egos in senior management so that everyone can do their best work
Ideal audience: Organisations that have tried everything to create an energised workforce and are ready to do something different.
A Brilliant Gamble: Busting the Myths of Change
Change is a constant. New challenges, from generative AI to a cost of living and supply crisis, arrive every day. Teams that are not ready to meet this future head-on will struggle in a demanding work landscape.
Technology is revolutionising work, but that only makes people a more valuable asset. Unless you understand people, you won't know what to do with technology. Blaire challenges audiences to rethink their assumptions about technology, people and the role of the leader in creating organisations that are fit for the future.
Key takeaways:
- What teams need in order to thrive in uncertainty
- The challenges and opportunities presented by disruptive technology
- How to create a leadership culture that can weather a constantly changing workplace
Ideal audience: Organisations that often find themselves on the back foot when new challenges arise.
Seeking Expansiveness: Embracing Individuality
Inclusion is a buzzword, but what does it mean to your organisation? If it ends at the hiring stage, you are meeting a quota rather than building thriving, loyal, motivated teams.
Inclusion has to be about every individual bringing the unique parts of themselves to work, from Gen Z hires to women in midlife and colleagues from different cultures. Blaire draws on her own experience of different seasons of working life, and addresses the practical challenges of hybrid working and leading a distributed team.
Key takeaways:
- How to approach diversity and inclusion as a gift to a workplace
- How to meet people in the team in their uniqueness
- How to create a culture that prioritises wellness in exchange for people doing their best work
Ideal audience: Organisations that want inclusion, hybrid working and wellbeing to translate into better work.
